| Shoshkaly | |
| Other Name: | Шошқалы |
| Coords: | 51.2536°N 78.7656°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Kazakhstan |
| Length: | 7.5km (04.7miles) |
| Width: | 2.2km (01.4miles) |
| Area: | 11.5km2 |
| Elevation: | 135m (443feet) |
| Islands: | none |
| Cities: | Tosagash |
Shoshkaly (Kazakh: Шошқалы; Russian: Шошкалы) is a salt lake in Beskaragay District, Abai Region, Kazakhstan.[1]
The lake is located about 55km (34miles) west of the Russia-Kazakhstan border. Tosagash village lies 3km (02miles) to the north, Begen 18km (11miles) to the ESE and Beskaragay, the district capital, 62km (39miles) to the southeast. The border of Pavlodar Region stretches close to the northern lakeshore.[2]
Shoshkaly is an endorheic lake part of the Irtysh basin. It lies in a tectonic depression at the southern end of the Kulunda Plain. Lake Tuz stretches 2.6km (01.6miles) to the northwest, Uyaly 28km (17miles) to the WNW, Sormoildy 30km (20miles) to the northeast, and lake Tengizsor 10km (10miles) to the southwest. River Irtysh flows 40km (30miles) to the WSW.
Shoshkaly consists in three connected lakes, of which the southern is the largest one.[3] The lakes are oriented in a roughly southeast–northwest direction. Shoshkaly doesn't dry out in the summer and doesn't freeze in the winter. The M38 Highway from the Border of Russia to Pavlodar and Semey (Semipalatinsk), passes 6km (04miles) to the southwest of the lake.[2] [4] [1] [5]
Lake Shoshkaly is surrounded by steppe vegetation.[5]
